Tim Montague

Creating a More Accessible Solar Grid through Community Solar with Camelia Miu of Nautilus Solar EP 108

Community solar allows households to tap into a local shared solar farm and see savings on their electric bill. This spreads the cost and enables a broader consumer audience to enjoy the benefits of greening the grid. Camelia Miu is the Chief Financial Officer of Nautilus Solar Energy, a leading owner-operator of community solar projects…

Read More

The Future of Large Scale Solar is Digital and Automated with Matt Campbell, CEO Terabase Energy. EP 107

With the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law, the solar industry is set to grow at 40% over the baseline projections by 2027. However, this growth is hindered by the lack of enough skilled laborers in the solar industry. The solution is developing an automation platform to reduce the cost and increase the scalability of…

Read More

Clean Power Hour LIVE – Sept 6, 2022

Subscribe: https://bit.ly/cph-sub The Clean Power Hour live brings you the latest cleantech and clean energy news, thought leaders, and innovators. Our motto is ‘Speeding the Energy Transition!’ The podcast is available on Youtube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. Each week, we bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy…

Read More

Mark Culpepper of Dronebase; Drones for Large Scale Solar Inspection Ep.106

Solar inspection in an industrial solar farm is an enormous task, even for large companies. It takes days or even weeks for teams to do a complete sweep of the solar project from the ground. Aerial solar inspection has become the easiest and best way to inspect solar. Mark Culpepper is the general manager of…

Read More

John O’Donnell, CEO of Rondo Energy | Decarbonizing Industrial Heat Ep.105

According to the International Energy Agency, three quarters of the energy used by industry is not in the form of electricity. It's in the form of heat.  And that industrial heat accounts for about a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. But what if we could turn low-cost, intermittent wind and solar energy into…

Read More

Yoann Hispa, CEO of LandGate | Building a Marketplace for Solar Developers Ep.104

Historically, it has been challenging for solar and wind developers to find an appropriate parcel of land, conduct an accurate valuation, and then make contact with the landowner. But now there is a marketplace for land resources where developers can go to find parcels that meet their buy criteria and connect with landowners who want…

Read More

John Belizaire, CEO of Soluna Computing | Monetizing Excess Renewable Energy with Flexible Computing Ep.103

When a grid gets congested, the excess energy generated at renewable plants is wasted.   But what if there was something we could do to mitigate that curtailment and monetize our excess wind, solar or hydroelectric power?  John Belizaire is Founder and CEO at Soluna Computing, the leading developer of green data centers for batchable computing,…

Read More

Michael Eyman, Managing Director at Origis Services | O&M and Asset Management for Large-Scale Solar Ep.102

With the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, the solar industry is projected to grow by leaps and bounds in the next several years.  But such rapid growth is not without its challenges. How do we address the labor shortage in clean tech? And make sure that the abundance of new solar projects are built…

Read More

Michael Marsch, Chief Development Officer at BlueWave Solar | Agrivoltaics for the Win-Win Ep.101

In the early days of solar development, we built solar farms and then locked the gate and walked away, completely missing the opportunity to the use the land under the panels for a productive, long-term purpose. Enter agrivoltaics or dual-use solar, a technique where solar farms are built to allow for grazing or growing crops,…

Read More

Antonia Ginsberg-Klemmt, President of GismoPower | Mobile Solar Carports for Middle-Income Americans Ep.100

Even if they want to go solar, most middle-income Americans can’t afford it. Or maybe they rent or move frequently and can’t take rooftop solar with them when they go. And those who live in areas with frequent natural disasters worry about the cost of replacing solar panels that get damaged or destroyed. But what…

Read More